You’ve heard of Build-a-Bear Workshop? Take the same idea and apply it to a much more noble product: wine. The folks at D’Vine Winery downtown will help you choose a varietal, then handle all those pesky blending and fermenting details for you. Three months later? Presto: a couple of cases of your very own blend. 1660 Champa St., 303-534-0788, Tucker Shaw
Chef Cook-Off
Tyler Wiard of Elway’s Cherry Creek faces Jennifer Jasinski of Rioja and Bistro Vendôme in an “Iron Chef”-style competition at the Colorado Women’s Expo 6 p.m. Saturday. The two chefs will create dishes from mystery ingredients and present them to food editor-judges Marty Meitus (Rocky Mountain News), Amanda Faison (5280) and Kristen Browning-Blas (The Denver Post). The winner will receive a donation to their charity of choice from the Denver Newspaper Agency. If Jasinski wins, it’s Work Options for Women; Wiard chose Concerts for Kids. Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th St., postnewsevents , $12, $40 for reserved seats
Tom’s Seafood & Specialties
Whoever said the neighborhood fishmonger is a thing of the past clearly hasn’t paid a visit to the pristine, friendly Tom’s Seafood in way-west Lakewood. Thomas Butler’s daily deliveries are carefully inspected by his expert eye before they’re accepted, and if you have any doubts about how to cook your catch, he’s a wealth of information. 767 S. Xenon Court, Lakewood, 303-969-9334 Tucker Shaw
